The Checkout checks back in as brands face more scrutiny from consumer champion

The scourge of marketers and PR firms, The Checkout, returns to ABC tonight with executive producer Julian Morrow promising to again lift the lid on misleading claims, shoddy customer service and suspect business ethics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5EwfrS2VwU&feature=youtu.be

The third series of the consumer affairs show, created by the team behind The Chaser, will kick off with an expose of “clinically proven wonder cream” and a focus on the treatment of a customer who bought a Jeep.

Its return comes as legal action still hangs over the show following a segment in the first episode of series one back in 2013, which questioned the relationship between vitamin brand Swisse and the National Institute of Integrative Medicine which carried out clinical trials of Swisse products.

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